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Document ID (ISN)77999
CIS number 02-114
ISBN(s) 0-660-18472-9
Year 2001
Convention or series no.
Title Violence at the workplace - Prevention guide
Bibliographic information Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, 250 Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 1H6, Canada, 2nd ed., 2001. 163p. Illus. Price: CAD 10.00 (Canada); USD 10.00 (elsewhere).
Abstract This guide is aimed at all persons concerned with workplace violence and its prevention, and particularly at individuals involved in the development and implementation of workplace violence prevention programmes. It replaces an earlier edition analysed under CIS 01-1025. Contents include: introduction and definition of workplace violence; developing a workplace violence prevention programme; methods for preventing workplace violence; responding to workplace violence; Canadian and U.S. legislation. Appendices include sample risk assessment questionnaires, inspection forms and reporting forms. Document also available in French at CCOHS.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety and health; Canada; training material; violence; risk factors
Descriptors (secondary) notification of occupational accidents; legal aspects; human behaviour; training manuals; safety guides; accident investigation; legislation; safety training in industry; safe working methods
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceCanada
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) OSH training
Violence
Violence and terrorism